Pfc. Barrett Austin's remains returns

Men from the U.S. Army Honor Guard and Dillard Funeral Home salute as the coffin of Pfc. Barrett Austin is closed in the hearse at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Heather Austin, Curt Austin and Yolanda Austin wait for the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin to arrive at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Carolyn Gillette of Greenville holds her daughter Poppy next to her son Mason Gillette and Katie Gillette as funeral home cars carry the family of Pfc. Barrett Austin. The family was going to Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens.

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Heather Austin is consoled by a family member as the body of her husband, Pfc. Barrett Austin, arrives at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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A U.S. Army Honor Guard member salutes as the coffin of Pfc. Barrett Austin is taken off a private airplane at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Yolanda Austin is consoled by family at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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South Carolina troopers stand by the front entrance of Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens, where the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin was brought from Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Jaxon Jenkins lays his head on his mother, Amanda Jenkins of Easley, at Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens. Jenkins and many others wore a yellow ribbon on a red, white and blue ribbon in memory of Pfc. Barrett Austin.

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Patriot Guard riders arrive at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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A U.S. Army Guard member salutes the coffin of Pfc. Barrett Austin at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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U.S. Army Honor Guard members carry Pfc. Barrett Austin while others carry his coffin off a private airplane at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Friends and family of Pfc. Barrett Austin wait near the runway at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Dave Schupert of Simpsonville rides a motorcycle with a small trailer display honoring Pfc. Barrett Austin. The motocyclist was leaving Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens.

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Dave Schupert of Simpsonville rides a motorcycle with a small trailer display honoring Pfc. Barrett Austin.

Jaxon Jenkins of Easley watches a private airplane arrive with the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin.

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Ava Anthony of Pickens holds two flags outside Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens.

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Co-workers of Curt Austin, father of Pfc. Barrett Austin, placed a sign on a fence in honor of the soldier as they wait for his body to arrive at the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Donte Mitchell of Easley watches as the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin arrives at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Chip Rabel and his daughter Marcie wait for the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin to arrive at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Carolyn Gillette of Greenville holds her daughter Poppy standing next to her son Mason Gillette and Katie Gillette, as funeral home cars carry the family of Pfc. Barrett Austin at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport. The family was driving to Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens.

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South Carolina troopers stand by the entrance of Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens, where the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin was brought from Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.

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Pickens County sheriff's deputies stand guard as the body of fallen U.S. Army Pfc. Barrett Austin is returned to his native Upstate.

A U.S. Army honor guard escorts the body of slain Pfc. Barrett Austin.

Supporters brought American flags and peeked through a fence to see the arrival of Pfc. Barrett Austin, a fallen U.S. Army soldier from the Upstate.

A U.S. Marine and an Army soldier stand at attention while waiting for the arrival of the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin.

More than 150 supporters came to the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport to show solidarity as the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin returned to the Upstate.

A handful of planes arrived at a small terminal connected to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport as an honor guard carried the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin into a hearse.

A sign on the back of the car of this woman, who drove to support Pfc. Barrett Austin, says she has been a Navy SEAL mother for 23 years.

A man drapes his jacket over a woman as they wait for the body of Pfc. Barrett Austin to arrive Monday morning at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.